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The city of Naples has been coordinating with Collier County to plan an Emergency Beach Berm restoration project. Yesterday the county commission approved contracts with four contractors to haul sand to city beaches. The city and county have agreed to four truck routes and beach access points to deliver the sand. The four access points… Read More
Spreading silt excavated from the Toledo shipping channel on area crop fields looks like a viable concept, initial results from a research project show. But Angelica Vazquez-Ortega, a Bowling Green State University assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environment and Society who is leading the study, said during a webinar this week that she would… Read More
Louisiana’s shoreline is rapidly eroding due to sea level rise and extreme weather fueled by climate change. But a scrappy New Orleans glass recycling initiative, Glass Half Full, is rounding up as many of the city’s glass bottles as possible to create sand for coastal restoration. The team, a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair,… Read More
An ever-changing coastline that shows the scars of multiple tropical storms and hurricanes over the years and a disappearing beach. “Sliver beach right now,” says John Qualheim as he settles in with his back against a sand dune and the surf breaking around his toes. He is from Wisconsin he’s been coming here for several… Read More
Park Board of Trustees approved a $2 million budget amendment Tuesday after inflation pushed up the costs of the Dellanera Beach repair project that was completed this month. Trustees are waiting for $2.1 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to meet swelling construction costs of the project, which rose from $7.6 million to $9.7… Read More
Fifty years from now, Louisiana’s coast will look very different. The state continues its commitment to implement restoration and risk reduction projects that will result in a vibrant and more sustainable coast for residents and visitors to enjoy. We recognize the challenges of natural and human-made change to the coastal environment and are proactively working… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards joined officials from Louisiana State University (LSU), the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF), and local and federal elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the LSU Center for River Studies (CRS). Since opening in 2018, the CRS has… Read More
A major regulatory burden has been lifted for Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, clearing the way for long-awaited dredging projects that will make it easier for people to use area waterways commercially to support working waterfronts, as well as recreationally. The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC) recently announced that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk… Read More
Historical dredging and wetland loss in New York City’s Jamaica Bay have increased high-tide flooding in the area, according to a new study. Jamaica Bay is an estuary that lies between Long Island and New York City’s Brooklyn and Queens boroughs. Over the past 150 years, landscape changes and sea level rise have increased high-tide… Read More
The Oyster Bay dredger is leaving the area after almost two months of little to no progress. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with H&L Contracting of New York to dredge 226,000 cubic yards of sand from the Newburyport and Salisbury sides of the Merrimack River. The dredged sand will then be… Read More
Work has started on restoring the dunes along Strand Avenue facing Brush Neck Cove, which will be closed off as part of a walking path to the Oakland Beach beach. The project includes the removal of foundations and pier pilings, remnants from storms and hurricanes, replenishment of the cove beach with an area for launching… Read More
The City of Gulf Shores is looking into ways to restore its beaches after Hurricane Nate caused significant erosion in 2017, followed by Hurricane Sally in 2020 and multiple winter storms in 2022. According to city engineer Mark Acreman, the city has identified two “hot spots” that need to be addressed soon. One is around 2,000 linear… Read More
Short-term pain, long-term gain. That’s what St Johns County is facing in beach restoration from last year’s storms, particularly hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Emergency Management Director Jim Giammanco on Tuesday presented county commissioners with an update on what the effort will cost, how long it will take and what it will look like. There will… Read More
About $74 million in taxpayer dollars aims to slow down the impact of erosion at Illinois Beach State Park. The project is the largest capital project in the Department of Natural Resources history. The park in Lake County at the state’s northern border is Illinois’ last beach-ridge shoreline along Lake Michigan. Swales sustain marshlands where… Read More
While North Wildwood looks to recoup $21 million in beach replenishment costs from the state as part of ongoing litigation, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has fined the city for work it has already done over the years, officials confirmed Thursday. The $12.8 million in fines stem from past unauthorized beach replenishment work, pier renovations,… Read More